State v. Young
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; William C. Baker, Judge. Rule by Murphy Young to set aside and cancel a forfeiture of an appearance bond, given by him, with sureties. From a judgment setting aside the forfeiture of the bond, the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLecpie, J.
[1] The state has taken the present appeal from a judgment setting aside the forfeiture of an appearance bond, and the accused moves to dismiss, on the authority of State v. Cole, 39 La. Ann. 938, 3 South. 84. In that ease, such a judgment was assimilated to an order granting a new trial, which is only interlocutory and not appealable, and for that reason the appeal was dismissed. It does not appear from the statement in the opinion whether the judgment of forfeiture, though rendered, had been written and signed, nor whether the decree setting aside the forfeiture had been written and signed,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- State v. ColeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
- State v. HollandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1895
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